many of this clique were involved the PACE trial. it's the *only* study that purports to show that exercise "cures" ME/CFS, a condition characterised by all symptoms worsening in response to activity. it was, unprecedentedly, funded by the UK Department for Work and Pensions + other private health insurers. it also infamously altered its criteria for "recovery" mid-way through, to the degree that many participants would have retroactively met the recovery criteria before even starting.